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U.S. Olympian Gabby Douglas says that comments that have been made about her on social media have been "hurtful."

Many of the foreigners who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State, at least in ISIS's big recruitment push in 2013 and 2014, had only rudimentary knowledge of Islam, with two Britons who joined ordering The Koran fo...

South Africa's Wayde Van Niekerk is the new world record holder in the 400 meters.

More than 20,000 people have been rescued from their homes

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Exploding out of the blocks in lane eight, Wayde van Niekerk didn't see another runner during the entire Olympic 400-meter final. …

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Mike Nudelman/Business Insider Brian Chesky didn't know much about tech before starting Airbnb. The 34-year-old CEO majored in industrial design in college and dabbled in hockey and bodybuilding in his 20s. But now, he's...

Japan managed meager GDP growth of just 0.2% in the second quarter of the year as efforts to stimulate the economy struggled to deliver results.

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There's more that makes Usain Bolt so special than simply being the fastest man alive.          

Three Hong Kong student protest leaders have avoided prison time for taking part in an illegal rally that sparked pro-democracy street protests two years ago. …

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. --? New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been focused on the team's training camp, but he made sure to carve out time to watch the opening ceremonies of the 2016 Rio Olympics -- his wife, Gise...

Building a credit history holds less appeal for young Americans who had trouble paying off student loans and saw their families' struggles during the financial crisis.

Most of us feel pretty guilty about wasting food.  Yet as much as 40 percent of the food produced in America goes uneaten. Many restaurants are reluctant (for no good reason) to donate leftovers. Consumers turn their no...

So Nike is dropping out of the golf equipment business. Can you blame them? I don't. Golf sucks. I am going on record to say that golf is a stupid, ridiculous game and an enormous waste of time. I'm sure if you're a golf...

The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate their knowledge of Islam. And the Islamic State applicants, herded into a hangar somewhere at the Syria-Turkey border, turned out to be overwhe...

Empire star Kaitlin Doubleday, whose character Rhonda was last seen flirting with death in the season 2 cliffhanger, finds herself "something of a minority among minorities," as described by TV Guide, referring to her pr...

In addition to the Ryan Lochte incident from Sunday morning, two Australian rowing coaches were robbed on the beach earlier in the Olympics.

Do you sit all day? If yes, you are damaging your body by doing nothing. Erica Fritz, a physical therapist and the manager of the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Center at Hospital for Special Surgery, says office workers sh...

SpaceX SpaceX did it again. After launching a telecommunications satellite into space at 1:26 a.m. ET on Sunday, August 14, the company landed the second stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea. This marks th...

At least seven paramilitary troops were wounded, three critically, after suspected rebels sprayed them with gunfire in the main city of troubled Indian Kashmir on Monday, officials said. …